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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,063 works

Engraved portrait of an older man resting his cheek on his hand, gazing upward with a pensive, melancholic expression.

The Melancholic Man

Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin, ca. 1800

Etched title page showing a satyr-like figure writing beside a grinning monkey on a stone block bearing the title lettering.

Title Page, from Monkey-ana, or Men in Miniature

Thomas Landseer, 1827

Engraving of a dandy with a monkey's head in a top hat and striped trousers, beside a small monkey scratching its head.

Monkey Dandy, from Monkey-ana, or Men in Miniature

Thomas Landseer, July 1828

Etching of a kneeling man presenting a book to a seated crowned figure in a stone hall with fleur-de-lis drapery.

Presentation of Valerius Maximus to King Louis XI

Charles Meryon, 1862

Etching of figures wading across a river toward a tower on a hill, with cattle in the water and a group resting under large t

Figures Crossing a River

Johann Georg Primavesi, 1807

Etching with five head studies: a smiling man, an old man in a cap, a grimacing child, a goat, and a ram.

Study of Five Heads

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1803

Etching of villagers gathered by a hearth in a dim rustic interior, with an old woman and seated men at a table.

Evening in the Village

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1800

Etching of a river landscape with a castle on a rocky cliff, a stone bridge, a mill, and figures in a boat.

View of the Convent of the Barefooted Carmelites

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1807

Etching of an old stone city gate by a river, with seated and standing men in the foreground and a small boat at left.

The Old Gate of Vaise, Lyon

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1803

Etching of peasants resting beneath trees, a woman eating from a bowl, with a river and fishermen in the distance.

Peasants Resting

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1803

Engraved print of a banquet with feasting figures, a lute player, burning buildings in panels, and a rainbow with celestial f

Mankind Awaiting the Last Judgement

Jan Sadeler, 1568-1600

Etching of a standing woman in a period hat and a child seated among tall reeds beneath tree branches.

Orphan

James Tissot, ca. 1879

Etching of a woman driving a horse-drawn chariot in a hippodrome, with other charioteers and crowded spectator galleries behi

The Ladies of the Chariots at the Hippodrome (Ces dames des chars à l'Hippodrome)

James Tissot, 1885

Engraved battle scene with horsemen, tents, and fallen horses in a valley beneath mountains.

The Battle at Oroi-jalatu

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 1770

Engraved print of a ceremonial banquet with tents, a pavilion, rows of robed officials, and a stone bridge in a park.

The Victory Banquet

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 1770

Etching of a watermill with a wooden waterwheel, a bridge over rushing water, a thatched cottage and trees.

The Watermill, after a painting by Ruisdaël

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1782

Etching of a public scrivener at a wooden street stall with customers, a seated woman, a child and dogs in a stone-walled str

The Public Scrivener

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1790

Engraving of Charmian and a turbaned man holding her hand, with a helmeted soldier and a veiled woman in a classical interior

Antony and Cleopatra, Act 1, Scene 2: Charmian-"Good Sir, give me good fortune"

John Hall, January 1, 1817

Sepia print of a dying man in classical dress supported by a woman, with an attendant holding a cup, within a circular frame.

The Death of Mark Anthony - Le Mort de Marc Antoine (Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 15)

Jean-Marie Delattre, January 15, 1805

Hand-colored print of Rosalind, Oliver and Celia in a forest, a man offering a white handkerchief to two figures.

Rosalind, Oliver and Celia (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 6)

Peltro William Tomkins, 1791

Plate IV, from Rules for Drawing Caricaturas

Francis Grose, February 26, 1788

Mezzotint of three hooded witches lying in bed with fingers to their lips, a moth-like figure at left, after Fuseli's Macbeth

The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3)

John Raphael Smith, March 10, 1785

Printed sheet of playing cards with crowned and armored figures, heart suit symbols, rows of pips, and small bird motifs.

Sheet of Playing Cards

Georg Schachomair, 16th century

Etching of a standing hooded monk with folded arms beside a seated older monk near a jar, under gnarled trees and a cave.

Monks in the Desert

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1797

Ink and wash drawing of robed figures, a kneeling man, sacrificial animals and onlookers beneath a palm tree.

The Return of Joseph

John Michael Rysbrack, 1720-70

Red and black chalk drawing on blue paper of a classical funeral procession with a draped body, soldiers on horseback, and ar

Study for the Funeral of Pallas

Antoine Coypel, ca. 1716-17

Brown ink and wash drawing of cavalry in battle, with rearing horses, raised swords, and fallen soldiers under a hazy sky.

A Battle Scene

Ferdinand Kobell, 1783

Grey wash drawing of a classical sacrificial scene with a priest at an altar and mourners supporting a fallen woman.

An Antique Sacrificial Scene (recto); Sketch of a Group of People (verso)

Johann Eleazar Zeissig, 1779 (?)

Pencil drawing of two wayfarers on a rocky path beside a ruin overgrown with ivy, with trees and hills in the background.

Wayfarers Near a Ruin in a Hilly Landscape

Victor Paul Mohn, 1863 (?)

Mezzotint portrait of a man with curled wig and fur-trimmed collar, labelled Joh. Baptista Piazzetta Pictor.

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Johann Gottfried Haid, 18th century